. William H. Seward's travels around the world. ing hot. After the tea, saki, a liquor distilled from rice,fiery and distasteful, was poured from a porcelain vase into suchsmall, shallow, red, lacquered vessels as we sometimes mistake fortea-saucers. Our hostess, a middle-aged matron, was assisted byeleven pretty girls, their ages varying from twelve to sixteen. 64 JAPAN, CHINA, AND COCHIN CHINA. These attendants, by the elegance of their costume and abundanceof white cosmetics, had enhanced their beauty to the degree that,in Oriental speech, it would be said that every one of them was atempta
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. ing hot. After the tea, saki, a liquor distilled from rice,fiery and distasteful, was poured from a porcelain vase into suchsmall, shallow, red, lacquered vessels as we sometimes mistake fortea-saucers. Our hostess, a middle-aged matron, was assisted byeleven pretty girls, their ages varying from twelve to sixteen. 64 JAPAN, CHINA, AND COCHIN CHINA. These attendants, by the elegance of their costume and abundanceof white cosmetics, had enhanced their beauty to the degree that,in Oriental speech, it would be said that every one of them was atemptation to the servants of God. One of them went down onher knees beside each guest, and remained there until it was timeto bring on, with the tiniest of delicate hands, a new course. Theiractions were graceful and modest, their voices bird-like. Theymanifested childish delight at every compliment we gave them, andtheir pleasure seemed to rise to ecstasy when permitted to examineour watches, fans, parasols and other articles of dress or
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